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Originally Posted by James_Firth
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What the former Secretary of State for Health and BT board member has got to do with current policing decisions or influencing newspaper editors I don't know.
From what I know about politics a political party is a party of strong-minded individuals and equally strong-minded senior civil servants who wouldn't be at the beck and call of a colleague who has been out of office for the best part of a year.
I would however look to other high profile members of the media, including some Phorm directors, and view the issue as simply one of money talking.
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You seem to have a great deal more confidence and respect for politicians than I do. Patricia Hewitt may not have much influence with newspaper editors but I would expect her to still have a great deal of influence with her colleagues and personally I doubt BT employed her for her managerial skills.
On another tangent, after reading the disturbing news that Phorm have gained membership of the anti-phishing working group I have emailed them regarding this concentrating on phorms past as 121 media, the apropos rootkit they wrote and also the illegal trials of 2006 and 2007. I did ask them for any comments they had on the matter and made it clear that I would publish any response I got unless asked not to. I suggest others email them too ( info at antiphishing org ).
Maybe if enough people email them they will reconsider Phorm membership and that would make a great story if the anti phishing working group were to withdraw their membership.